In Brief: TSA: Some passengers must turn on phones

WASHINGTON -- The Transportation Security Administration is requiring passengers at some overseas airports that offer U.S.-bound flights to power on their electronic devices.

The TSA says it is requiring some overseas airports -- it wouldn't say which -- to have passengers turn on devices such as cell phones. It says devices that won't power up won't be allowed on planes, and those travelers may have to undergo additional screening.

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson recently ordered the TSA to put extra security measures in place at some international airports with direct flights to the United States.

Indianapolis officer dies after alley gunbattle

INDIANAPOLIS -- A veteran Indianapolis police officer died after he and another patrolman exchanged gunfire with a suspect in an alley Saturday night.

Officer Perry Renn, 51, was pronounced dead at a hospital at 9:58 p.m. Saturday, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said. Renn had been with the IMPD for nearly 22 years.

According to police, Renn and another officer responded to a call about shots being fired in the 3400 block of Forest Manor, went to the alley and approached a group of unidentified subjects. As officers approached, 25-year-old Major Davis Jr., of Indianapolis, began shooting, prompting officers to return fire, police said.

Davis also was struck and remains in critical condition after surgery. Police said he is preliminarily charged with murder.

Coast Guard frees 15 from boat on Michigan river

GRAND HAVEN, Mich. -- The U.S. Coast Guard said an overnight cell phone conversation with a 13-year-old girl led its crews to a grounded pontoon boat carrying 15 people, 13 of them deaf and four lacking medicine for medical conditions.

The Coast Guard said that a commercial salvage boat sought Coast Guard help about 1:15 a.m. Saturday in finding a boat that reported trouble in western Michigan's Grand River near Grand Haven.

American Legion providing crisis help to veterans

EL PASO, Texas -- A counselor at the local Veterans Affairs office looked at Rebecca King, a victim of domestic violence and abuse who was seeking help for depression, and told her she would not be able to see a psychologist. She looked too nice and put together for someone depressed.

Like others who've failed to receive help at troubled VA offices, the Army veteran then gave up.

"I have a son, I'm his only support system, I have to keep it together," King recalled telling the VA office in El Paso,

She is now among nearly 1,800 people who have turned to the American Legion, which has opened temporary crisis centers in Phoenix, Fayetteville, N.C., and El Paso where veterans can gain access to health benefits and more.